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Definition of wool

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Wool (n.) The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates..

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Birrus :: Birrus (n.) A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over the head..

Lanifice :: Lanifice (n.) Anything made of wool.

Lanifical :: Lanifical (a.) Working in wool.

Challis :: Challis (n.) A soft and delicate woolen, or woolen and silk, fabric, for ladies' dresses..

Alnager :: Alnager (n.) A measure by the ell; formerly a sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect and measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it a seal..

Doeskin :: Doeskin (n.) A firm woolen cloth with a smooth, soft surface like a doe's skin; -- made for men's wear..

Yolk :: Yolk (n.) An oily secretion which naturally covers the wool of sheep.

Serge :: Serge (n.) A woolen twilled stuff, much used as material for clothing for both sexes..

Moreen :: Moreen (n.) A thick woolen fabric, watered or with embossed figures; -- used in upholstery, for curtains, etc..

Trender :: Trender (n.) One whose business is to free wool from its filth.

Woolding :: Woolding (n.) A rope used for binding masts and spars.

Lewisson :: Lewisson (n.) A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth.

Anthrenus :: Anthrenus (n.) A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common museum pest is A. varius; the carpet beetle is A. scrophulariae. The larvae are commonly confounded with moths..

Shawl :: Shawl (n.) A square or oblong cloth of wool, cotton, silk, or other textile or netted fabric, used, especially by women, as a loose covering for the neck and shoulders..

Sponge :: Sponge (n.) A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff..

Floccus :: Floccus (n.) A woolly filament sometimes occuring with the sporules of certain fungi.

Tariff :: Tariff (n.) The duty, or rate of duty, so imposed; as, the tariff on wool; a tariff of two cents a pound..

Violaniline :: Violaniline (n.) A dyestuff of the induline group, made from aniline, and used as a substitute for indigo in dyeing wool and silk a violet-blue or a gray-blue color..

Cretonne :: Cretonne (n.) A fabric with cotton warp and woolen weft.

Budge :: Budge (n.) A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on; -- used formerly as an edging and ornament, esp. of scholastic habits..